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edifying
(encz) | edifying,poučný adj: Vít Profant |
Edifying
(gcide) | Edifying \Ed"i*fy`ing\, a.
Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation. --
Ed"i*fy`ing*ly, adv. -- Ed"i*fy`ing*ness, n.
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Edifying
(gcide) | Edify \Ed"i*fy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Edified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Edifying.] [F. ['e]difier, L. aedificare; aedes a building,
house, orig., a fireplace (akin to Gr. ? to burn, Skr. idh to
kindle, OHG. eit funeral pile, AS. [=a]d, OIr. aed fire) +
facere to make. See Fact, -fy.]
1. To build; to construct. [Archaic]
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There was a holy chapel edified. --Spenser.
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2. To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious
knowledge; to teach.
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It does not appear probable that our dispute [about
miracles] would either edify or enlighten the
public. --Gibbon.
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3. To teach or persuade. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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edifying
(wn) | edifying
adj 1: enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual
or moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served
an edifying purpose even for those who could not read"
[syn: edifying, enlightening] [ant: unedifying,
unenlightening] |
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unedifying
(encz) | unedifying, |
Edifying
(gcide) | Edifying \Ed"i*fy`ing\, a.
Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation. --
Ed"i*fy`ing*ly, adv. -- Ed"i*fy`ing*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]Edify \Ed"i*fy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Edified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Edifying.] [F. ['e]difier, L. aedificare; aedes a building,
house, orig., a fireplace (akin to Gr. ? to burn, Skr. idh to
kindle, OHG. eit funeral pile, AS. [=a]d, OIr. aed fire) +
facere to make. See Fact, -fy.]
1. To build; to construct. [Archaic]
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There was a holy chapel edified. --Spenser.
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2. To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious
knowledge; to teach.
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It does not appear probable that our dispute [about
miracles] would either edify or enlighten the
public. --Gibbon.
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3. To teach or persuade. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Edifyingly
(gcide) | Edifying \Ed"i*fy`ing\, a.
Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation. --
Ed"i*fy`ing*ly, adv. -- Ed"i*fy`ing*ness, n.
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Edifyingness
(gcide) | Edifying \Ed"i*fy`ing\, a.
Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation. --
Ed"i*fy`ing*ly, adv. -- Ed"i*fy`ing*ness, n.
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Unedifying
(gcide) | Unedifying \Unedifying\
See edifying. |
unedifying
(wn) | unedifying
adj 1: not edifying [syn: unedifying, unenlightening] [ant:
edifying, enlightening] |
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